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In our day and age, it's becoming ever more difficult to find books to read that are clean and well-written. That's why it's so important that we, as children of God, help each other out. If anyone ever has a book recommendation that's clean and has good themes, do mention it here! And if anyone knows of any authors who write clean stories, do share as well!

Narnia!

To help figure out if a book is clean or not, you can take advantage of the Goodreads "search review text" feature. Quite a few reviewers include "trigger warnings" (or TW) in their reviews, so it's really helpful to be able to search reviews for any content you want to avoid.

How To Access the "Search Review Text" Feature
Note: This feature is not available on the Goodreads app or mobile version of the website. Instructions on how to access the desktop version of the site from your mobile device are included at the end of this post.

Scroll down to just above the start of the reviews to find the "Search Review Text" field. (See Image 1 below.)

Image 1: "Search Review Text" field.


How To Access the Desktop Version of the Goodreads Website Using Your Mobile Device

On your mobile device, open your browser (such as a Safari or Chrome) and navigate to the Goodreads website.

Go to any book's page and scroll all the way to the bottom. You will see a link *below* the App Store button that says "Desktop version" or "Mobile version." (See Image 2 below.)

If you see "Desktop version," then tap that link. If it says "Mobile version," then you are already on the desktop site.

Image 2: Desktop version link.


iPhone users also have the option of tapping the aA symbol in the URL bar and then tapping "Request Desktop Website." (See Image 3 below.)

Image 3: "Request Desktop Website" option.

How to you find that feature, Celia?

Helena wrote: "How to you find that feature, Celia?"

Hi Helena! I've updated my original post above with screenshots. Let me know if you have any more questions! :)

Ooooo, thanks so much!! :))

Thank you so much, Celia! You're amazing!

I LOVE this topic! I've been wanting something like this for a LONG time!

Lilyyy wrote: "Thank you so much, Celia! You're amazing!"

My pleasure! If we need step-by-step instructions for anything else, please let me know. It's kind of fun for me lol

Mary-Therese wrote: "I LOVE this topic! I've been wanting something like this for a LONG time!"

I'm glad!! Sorry it was only made now!

Has anyone ever read The Obernewtyn Chronicles?? They are a series of science fiction and fantasy novels by Australian author Isobelle Carmody. I’ve only ever read the first one but I really enjoyed it.

@Shannon: I've never heard of that series, but I'm always ready for more sci-fi and fantasy!

I’ve only read the first 2 so far but Skyward and Starsight by Brandon Sanderson have both been excellent and clean so far!
Another good trilogy not a lot of people know of is Storm Siren, Siren’s Fury, and Siren’s Song by Mary Weber (she is a Christian Fantasy Author)

Alex wrote: "I’ve only read the first 2 so far but Skyward and Starsight by Brandon Sanderson have both been excellent and clean so far!
Another good trilogy not a lot of people know of is Storm Siren, Siren’s..."

I've read the whole series and the third one is also clean!

Sweet!!!

If you are a fan of suspense mysteries, I highly recommend Mary Higgins Clark books!! They are clean and SO good. They hold your attention from the very first line!

Is love and gelato a clean book?

yes!

Thank you!

Its been really hard finding books that are clean and are interesting

hey guysss, does anyone know if emily henry’s romance books are clean??

@avril i don't think so

@elisa aww okay, ty for letting me know

@avril

They aren’t. I’ve read Book Lovers by her, and there’s sex before marriage and even worse it’s very smutty. I would recommend going for someone else.

@avril you're welcome <33

guys, have you read any heart-breaking romance (that makes you cry) but clean??? do you have any recommendations?

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews. I SOBBED!!

it's not super heavy on the romance but I still liked it a lot.

@lizzy ohh okay thank you letting me know! do you have any suggestions of a clean romance book?

Hello! Any recommendations of clean fantasy fiction with elves (other than just Tolkien)? A reader asked me this, and I don't know what else to recommend. Thanks in advance!

avril 𖦹彡⋆｡˚ wrote: "@lizzy ohh okay thank you letting me know! do you have any suggestions of a clean romance book?"

Avril, I recommend Candace Calvert or Michelle Griep for clean romance and interesting plots!

I’d recommend Keeper of the Lost Cities

Penny wrote: "Hello! Any recommendations of clean fantasy fiction with elves (other than just Tolkien)? A reader asked me this, and I don't know what else to recommend. Thanks in advance!"

Moonscript (Tons of grammatical issues, but it's a wonderful story.)

Magnify (Storm & Spire series. But the elves are almost all evil.)

Fierce Heart (And the rest of the series. With clean romance.)